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Welcome to the Celtnet guide to wild foods. As this recipe site has grown it has become obvious that to allow people to replicate some of the more ancient recipes on this site (especially from the Ancient, Roman and Medieval periods it is necessary to list modern alternatives but also to produce a guide so that the curious can find the original (often wild) ingredients for themselves. These pages are an attempt at bringing all these potentially useful and often forgotten wild foods together into one place. To use this guide simply click on the first letter of your term above or below. Alternativey why not just browse through the terms. You may well find something that surprises you!
This page covers wild foods beginning with the letter 'X' and includes both common and scientific names.
Below, you will find an example wild food entry produced randomly from our database:
Wild Food Entry For: CarawayThis is the description page for Caraway (Carum carvi) and includes a description as well as an image, if available and a selection of recipes from this site that relates to the wild foodstuff: Caraway.  Caraway, Carum carvi, is a biennial plant in the Apiaceae (umbellifera, carrot) family and is a native to Europe and western Asia. The plant is similar in appearance to a carrot plant, with finely divided, feathery leaves with thread-like divisions, growing on 20-30 cm stems. The main flower stem is 40-60 cm tall, with small white or pink flowers in umbels. Caraway fruit are are crescent-shaped achenes, around 2 mm long, with five pale ridges. The plants prefers warm, sunny locations and well-drained soil. They are fairly rare in the wild in Britain but can easily be grown from commercial seed. Caraway seed is used throughout Europe to flavour pickles and breads and in the past the root was dried and ground to form flour. Indeed Julius Caesar's army in Gaul were fed on a bread made from Caraway root flour. Recipes Utilizing Caraway To make Knotts or Gumballs |
You can also use the search box below to find the wild food of your choice. You can use the common name or the scientific name or any text you choose:
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